Ironing-board.



W. R. JAGOB3.

IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1912.

1,69%444. Patented Apr. 7, 1914 Witnesses s'rrrrns Parana? orato WILLIAMBAMSEY JACOBS, OF COMMERCE, TEXAS.

IRONING-BOARD.

noaaeaa I Application filed March 23', 1912. Serial No. 685.395.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YlhLLIAn R. JACOBS, citizen of the United States,residing at Commerce, in the county of Hunt and State f have invented anew and useful :fective manner.

The invention consists of certain instrunientalities and featuressubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the claimhereto appended.

in the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention wherein, it will be understood that vari-l ous changes andmodifications may be made vice.

as to the detailed construction and arrange 11191111101 the partswithout departing from thespirit thereof.

l igure 1 is an elevational view of the de- Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the same. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the a2 .22 of Fig. 1,viewing downwardly.

line

. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view, showingmore particularly thetenon and socket or mortise like connection between one end or" theunderneath shelf and the front leg or standard of the device. Fig. 5 isa collapsed or folded view of the contrivance. Fig. (3 is. a sectiontaken on the line y-y of Fig. 1. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail viewsillustrating the hinge connections of the shelf and 5 treadlerespectively to the folding structure.

' lin putting my invention into practice, I provide a board or table 10fpreferred or convenient construction and suitably supported in elevatedposition, preferably upon three standards or legs 2 and 3 respectively,the standards or legs 2 and 3 being preferably pivoted in position toallow of the fold.- ing or collapsing thereof.

The board or table 1 has an aperture 4c in .one end to receive aprojection 5 upon the upper end of the standard or leg 3, and hasSpecification of Letters Patent.

. ard or leg Patented Apr. a, 1914i.

secured thereto at, or near, its opposite end, upon the underside atransverse bar 6, as seen in Fig. (3, the same tern'iinating in endtrunnion-like projectioi'is or pivots 7 received within sockets or seats8 preferably formed in'eulargemcnts of the upper ends of the legs orstandards 2, one of these standards having fixed thereto at its upperend, a sad iron stand or support 9. Thus applying or securing the tableor board 1 in place allows of its ready removal and replacementaccording to circumstances or requirements.

The standards or legs 2 and 3 are pivoted in position between, and uponthe two converging base-members 10, the forward stand 8 itselfterminating at its lower end in a cross bar or foot 11, adapted to restupon the floor, the other legs or standards 2, which are devoid oftransverse feet-fornr ing portions as characterize the leg 3, receivetrunnion-like projections or tenons of a rung or cross bar 12, saidprojections passing looselythrough said longitudinal members 10, neartheir rear ends. The pivotal connection between the opposite ends ofsaid longitudinal members 10 and the leg 3 is preferably effected by apin or pivot 13 inserted transversely thercthrough. I

A shelf 14, which may be a plain board,. for forming a convenientsupport for a (lamp cloth or other object, is hinged as at 14 near oneend to a cross, or rung-like,

.bar 15 secured to, and between the-legs or standards 2 near their upperends, the op posite end of said sheltforming board having a tenon 16thereon received bv a socket 17 in the standard or leg 3. A hook andstaple connection is employed for the suitable retention of the tenon 16in its socket 17 in the leg 3, the hook, designated as 18, beingconnected to the shelf or board 14 and the staple, designated as 19,being secured to said leg.

A diagonal brace 20 is hinged as at 20 at one end, to the board or shelf1% upon its underside, near one end, the opposite end of said bracehaving a tenon 2-1 thereon, received by a socket 22. A. hook and stapleconnection is also provided between the brace 20 and the leg or standard3, for the retention of the tenon. 21 in its socket, the hook,designated as 23, being connected to the brace and the staple,designated as 24, being secured to said leg.

Super-posed with respect to the ironing denting the upper surface of astub-like portion or extension 29 of the sleeve-board and caught overthe less cross sectional .portion of a stepped extension 30 of the board1, the shoulder formed by the major cross section of said steppedextension servfing to limit the movement of said link or frame inwardly.This arrangement allows of the ready application of the sleeve-board toposition upon the board 1, and its ready removal therefrom, when notneeded for use. a

A treadle, including a lever 31, is suitably hinged or fulcrumed as at32 from the rung or cross bar '12, between the legs 2, one end ofsaidlever having preferably stiff-Wire connection 33, through a staple34,- witli the board 1, said staple being secured to, and dependingfromthe extension '30 of said board and said connection 33 being-hooked into.saidstaple as at 35', allowing of the ready detachment of the wireconnection from said board or rather its staple. The opposite end of thelever 31 is suspended by a link-connection 36' from a foot-actuatedmember 37 suitably fulbe readily collapsed or folded when not neededfor. immediate use and be converiently stored out of the way, also thatthey may be shipped with advantage and facilityw What is claimed is: Adevice of the character described, including a folding structure, andmeans for holding the same. extended, including a shelf having one endhingedly connected to the structure, cooperating means carried by theotherend of the shelf and the adjacent portion of the structure todctachably hold the shelf elevated, a brace having one end hingedlyconnected to theunder side ot the shelf adjacent the hinged connectionof the shelf to the folding structure, and cooperating means carried bythe free end of the brace and the adjacent portion of the structure todetacliably hold the brace in opera.- tive position.

Intestimo-ny that I claim the foregoing as my own, I havehereto atlixedmy signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM RAMSEY moons \Vitnesses A. L. Moore,

R. B. LONG.

